A report on Cryovolcano

Doom Mons, one of the most reliably identified cryovolcanoes on Saturn's moon Titan

Plumes of Enceladus, feeding Saturn's E Ring, seem to arise from the "Tiger Stripes" near the south pole.

Type of volcano that erupts volatiles such as water, ammonia or methane into an extremely cold environment that is at or below their freezing point.

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Doom Mons, one of the most reliably identified cryovolcanoes on Saturn's moon Titan

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Charon in true color, imaged by New Horizons

Charon (moon)

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Largest of the five known natural satellites of the dwarf planet Pluto.

Largest of the five known natural satellites of the dwarf planet Pluto.

Charon in true color, imaged by New Horizons

Charon's discovery at the Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station as a time-varying bulge on the image of Pluto (seen near the top at left, but absent on the right). Negative image.

Charon is named after Charon, the ferryman of the dead in Greek mythology, shown in this nineteenth-century painting by Alexander Litovchenko

A simulated view of the Pluto–Charon system showing that Pluto orbits a point outside itself. Also visible is the mutual tidal locking between the two bodies.

Size comparisons: Earth, the Moon, and Charon

The two conflicting theories about Charon's internal structure

Charon in enhanced color to bring out differences in surface composition, showing the so-called Mordor Macula at the top

Organa, the youngest crater of Charon.

Mosaic of best-resolution images of Charon from different angles

In 2007, observations by the Gemini Observatory of patches of ammonia hydrates and water crystals on the surface of Charon suggested the presence of active cryogeysers and cryovolcanoes.

The mountain imaged by the Dawn spacecraft. North is down.

Ahuna Mons

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Largest mountain on the dwarf planet and asteroid Ceres.

Largest mountain on the dwarf planet and asteroid Ceres.

The mountain imaged by the Dawn spacecraft. North is down.

Ceres viewed by Dawn. The north face of Ahuna Mons projects above the center of the limb. North is down.

Context view of the mountain surrounded by lightly cratered terrain. Bright spots on Ceres can be seen at 11:00. North is up.

Context view of Ahuna Mons (upper left) (28 September 2015).

Context view of Ahuna Mons (upper right) (14 October 2015).

Close-up view (20 March 2016).

Computer-generated image of Ahuna Mons Elevation exaggerated by five (6 August 2015).

It has been proposed that Ahuna Mons formed as a cryovolcanic dome.

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